Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25.

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers in the distance, Rob Burdis begins to drill a hole into the ice near his feet. Once the drill stops, the only ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

The last tow of the 2025 Upper Mississippi River navigation season departed St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, November 25. The M/V ...

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Sam Gordy’s Slough Habitat Restoration Project on Pool 6 of the Upper Mississippi River is complete, earlier than estimated and under the $160,00 budget.

A new report released Tuesday from the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association found that, although water quality has generally improved in the upper river in past decades, new threats such as road ...

Barges wrap around bottomland forest in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The 240,000-acre refuge, which includes backwaters off the main river channel, is ...

How clean is the upper Mississippi River? A new report released Tuesday from the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association found that although water quality has generally improved in the upper river ...

Have you ever seen a tundra swan or a raft of canvasback ducks floating together? Opportunities to see these birds are rare in the Midwest — unless you visit the Upper Mississippi River National ...

Eagles gather on the Black River near where it meets the Mississippi River, Feb. 14, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The area is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, which ...